1. Patrick Henry was the first and sixth governor of Virginia. He lived in the palace shown here (after the last loyalist Governor, Lord Dunmore, high-tailed it out of there in 1776.
2. Horses poop anywhere.
3. A GPS is only as good as they guy using it.
4. Brick-making is an art. Wood-fired brick-making techniques developed in the seventeenth century are still sought after, used and appreciated today.
5. The minuet is a dance that should only be attempted when sober.
6. If you snuck out of the Governor's Ball early, there was a good chance you would not be invited back anytime soon.
7. Gas is much cheaper in bum-#%#&@ Virginia than it is back home. The cheapest we saw was $3.29. That was just after we filled up the tank at $3.57.
8. The College of William & Mary, located in Williamsburg, is the oldest public institution of higher learning in the country.
9. Thomas Jefferson was the third Governor of Virginia and the third President of the United States. (I knew the second part already, but I just thought it was a neat coincidence.)
10. If you believe in the authenticity of colonial period re-enactors, The Revolutionary War must have been a cakewalk, because most of the British soldiers were old, fat, bumbling fools that liked to talk smart in dreadful accents.
11. Our nation's founders were even smarter and braver than I thought. Apparently, most colonial Virginians thought Jefferson, Henry and Adams were crackpots. I'm glad those men stood up for what they believed in, even if public favor wasn't always present.
OK, that was eleven things we learned on our trip to Williamsburg. There were lots more. We learned a lot and had a great time. My ticket was 50% off because I'm a teacher!
We took the scenic route home, and stopped at a restaurant called Buster's Place, in Port Royal, VA, right on the Rapahannock River. Good beer, good burgers, crummy service.
I didn't take this picture, but lifted it from their website:
All in all, it was great day.
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